Chapter 24: The Stage
When they arrived at the Lingyan Pavilion, the jade and the hookah unloaded the heavy slug and carefully hung it on the carved wood.
I didn't sleep well yesterday, and the hookah only felt weak, so I gently leaned on the pillow and read the book for a while, and before I knew it, my eyelids sank, and I only fell asleep shallowly.
When I woke up again, the sky outside had already sunk, and there were a few horn lamps in the house, and the yellowish light was comfortable and natural, enough to illuminate the bright journey inside.
The hookah lay down for a while, and then turned over lazily, only to see that there was an extra layer of brocade quilt on his body, and he looked up shallowly, and saw that the book he read before going to bed had already been placed flat on the side of the kang.
I think it was the girl who dusted off her hair, and when she saw that she was asleep, she took care of it for her when she went out.
The thin lips were slightly hooked, and then she lifted the quilt and got up, and was wearing boots, when she heard the sound of the curtain outside, and then saw a pair of white-soled embroidered shoes stop in front of her.
"When the girl wakes up, she doesn't know how to call her servant." The voice was shrill, unfamiliar and familiar.
The hookah raised her eyes slightly, and met the girl's bright smile, Xu just woke up, and her eyes were covered with a layer of fog, and when she saw the person clearly, she knew that she was Qingdai, and she didn't think much about it at this time, but she felt warm in her heart, and smiled sweetly.
Seeing that the girl didn't speak, the Qingdai walked behind her, twisted the corners of the quilt, and folded them carefully: "Look at the girl's sweet sleep, thinking that she didn't rest well yesterday, and she didn't come to disturb, I don't know if I slept well this time?" β
When the hookah heard this, he stretched his eyebrows, and put on his shoes, so he responded to her words gently, and didn't say much to her, but turned his head to explore the other side of the screen.
didn't look at the hosta, she unconsciously flattened the corners of her mouth, and looked back at Qingdai: "How many hostas are there?" Why haven't you seen this? β
"Ah, Sister Yu is still waiting outside, and the maid heard that there was movement in the girl, and thought that it was the first time to come, so she asked them to rest and come in by themselves." Qing Dai still had a smile on her face, her tone was crisp, she put down the folded quilt, and got up.
As he was talking, he saw Yu Yu come in with a tea cup, bowed to the hookah, glanced at Qing Dai, and said with a smile: "The girl eats tea to wake up." β
Then she saw the white tea handed to her, and Qingdai was also sober, so she hurriedly gave up her place and waited on the side.
A cup of warm tea into the abdomen, only to feel a lot more comfortable, hookah took the handkerchief, wiped it gently, glanced at Qingdai, and organized words in his head.
Hooked his lips and said: "You were originally in Aji's house, you know that you have good intentions, and you can't be lazy, so you will stay in the house with a few jades, and I am no better here than in Aji's house, you don't dislike it." β
As soon as the voice fell, the Qing Dai's eyes rolled slightly, and then she pulled out a smile that was brighter than Fang Cai, and immediately thanked Li'er: "Thanks to the girl's grace, Qing Dai will do her best to serve you with her sister." β
The hookah smiled faintly, didn't say much, put the teacup lightly, got up and stood for a while, then went to sit on the soft couch in the main room, picked up a book at random, and looked at it with relish.
After a while, I flipped through it again.
Seeing that her girl would not be disturbed by anyone, Yu Yu gently patted Qing Dai's shoulder and waved her hand to signal her to go out.
The cloisonnΓ© enamel incense burner on a few sons spit wisps of green smoke, and the brazier in the house was burning, and occasionally a girl came in and turned it carefully with tongs, and then closed the copper cover again, and tiptoed back.
I also looked at it out of my mind, and the figures outside were longing, and there were a few more voices. also ignored it, and the hookah turned the page again with interest.
was watching, and listened to the girl in the outer hall: "The autumn begonia in the east courtyard is here." β
Listening to the hookah, she also wondered, it was about to fall at night, and the houses were also going to pass dinner, thinking that her fourth sister was also a rule-abiding person and had nothing to disturb, what did she have to do at this time, and she couldn't wait for someone to come?
Thinking about it, the hookah's eyelashes trembled slightly, and the onion fingers closed the book slightly, only putting it aside, and answered softly.
Then he listened to the sound of the curtain, straightened the hem of his skirt, and half-sat on the soft couch, watching the people come in.
But when I saw the person who came with a red face, panting heavily, his chest rose and fell, and he couldn't say a complete sentence for a while.
The panicked appearance did not forget the rules, but still bowed respectfully, frowned, and pointed out with a pair of fingers: "Aunt... Girl, let's go and take a look at our girl's house, it's not good now. β
Seeing this, the hookah didn't have time to think about it. Immediately got up, went to get the big hairpin to wear, and also went out with her, the hosta outside saw the master come out, glanced at each other, and followed her.
In the end, the east courtyard of Lingyan Pavilion is naturally not as good as her west courtyard, which is hidden behind a small garden, and it is also necessary to pass through the corridor and walk a few steps to get there.
Fang stepped into the courtyard and only saw that it was dark and gloomy, and only a little light was faintly lit in the inner room from a distance.
Qiu Tang's steps were fast, and when he came to the door, he hurriedly lifted the curtain to welcome her in.
The hookah turned her head in, only to feel that the atmosphere inside was low and pressing, and she frowned slightly, and looked around with straight eyes, and then saw people coming to salute her.
If you want to say something, you will step on something, only listen to the crisp sound, and when you look down, you will see broken porcelain pieces all over the ground, smashed and splashed everywhere.
His gaze followed the debris and then he saw a thin and soft figure. Seeing that Shen Shuixin was only pinching the handkerchief, the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes were about to fall, crystal clear, and he looked pitiful.
Qiu Tang pursed the corners of his mouth, and then helped the hookah to sit on the kang.
Only then did the hookah realize that there were still a few girls standing in front of the kang.
The hookah's eyes climbed up to one of the tall girls, and when she saw her as if nothing had happened, her eyes drifted around, as if no one else could get into her eyes.
Seeing this, the hookah suddenly felt like a mirror in his heart, and he didn't speak, and turned around to see Shen Shuixi.
Shen Shuixin was unbearable, his face was full of tears at this time, his lips trembled slightly, he saw the hookah and looked at her, he only glanced down, and said a little embarrassedly: "It's time to call the third sister to see the joke." β
It took a lot of effort, but I didn't listen to the main point, the hookah looked left and right, and also raised the veil, and his tone was soft and soft: "My sister, what are the good jokes, and what have you never seen?" β
I didn't wait long, seeing Shen Shuixin crying, I didn't want to ask too much, although I had some numbers in my heart, I still turned my head to look at Qiu Tang: "What's wrong?" It makes you girls sad. β
After waiting for a while, I only looked at the girl standing next to Qiu Tang, and looked aggrieved: "It's also from the big lady's house, the shelf is big, and I don't treat our girl as a person, where is it to serve people?" It's clear that he came in a hurry to be the master. β
is also defenseless, as soon as these words fell, I saw the girl snort softly, and fell in front of everyone, with a face that wanted to cry without tears: "It's also reversed black and white, and I lost a clever mouth, I came from here, and I was a person from the East Courtyard, so thief-proof, I didn't ask me to see the girl for a long time, didn't you just deny me?" β
As he was talking, he forced out two or three tears, and he just sat on the ground and couldn't stand it.
"I'm sorry, the girl has always been what I'm serving, and now I've just come out of the courtyard, and there is a shortage of people in the house, so I called you, somehow it's as valuable as a thousand gold, and I didn't help from beginning to end, and the lord sat in one place, and I shouldn't have called it, and now I blame me for not letting you serve." Qiu Tang took a bite of her and glared at her with horizontal eyes.
How do you want to be born a good horn, that girl is pitiful, and she was cried by what she said, and scolded in a scolding tone: "What kind of pickled goods are you, you also have a mouth to talk about me, and look at Kyoto, which big girl has to do hard work, and she was also smacked by you, but she still wants to drive me." β
The tears were also unstoppable like a flood of embankments, and he only hid his face and wept, not taking the owner of a house in his eyes.
"Hey, it's also empty Miss Life, is it possible to raise idlers in the courtyard, leave you free to eat, and offer you like a bodhisattva?" Qiu Tang pouted, not salty or indifferent.
She wiped her tears, paused, and said, "That's not what I said, if it weren't for the pity of your family, and I would still be in the main room, how could I live to suffer this pickled gas?" β
"Listen, our Miss Fandai is still counting on going back, in my opinion, with your ability, stay in the main room and lose, it is better to go directly to the front yard to serve the masters, maybe you can still be looked at, and take a concubine."
Qiu Tang snorted coldly, lowered his head and wrapped a handkerchief to pick up the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, the action was deliberately bigger, and he also threw a piece of broken porcelain to her side, and almost scratched Fan Dai's hand: "Our broken temple can't tolerate your big Buddha, and where is it cool, it's best to raise the concubine early, wait to see you laugh at me!" β
"It's a pity that this is a good tea set, and how much is not enough for you to fall to play." Then I saw her muttering a sentence again, yin and yang weird.
Where did Fan Dai get so angry, she immediately became angry, and her long hand lifted the placket of Qiu Tang's clothes, took the porcelain piece and slashed it on her face.
Qiu Tang was stunned, fortunately she reacted quickly, and didn't let her get her hand, but she was also pushed by her, and pressed one hand on the broken porcelain piece on the ground beside her, snorting in pain, and tears quickly appeared in the corners of her eyes.
Seeing Qiu Tang's hands stained with red, Fan Dai immediately screamed, and must have been frightened, and sat on the ground.
Shen Shuisha watched the scene coldly on the kang for a while, but now he didn't expect that this Fan Dai was so unaware of the height of the sky, and actually beat someone in front of him, and immediately called the jade hairpin to separate the two, and each stopped on one side.
Shen Shuixi's face was pale at this time, and he ran towards Qiu Tang in three steps and two steps, took her hand and looked at it, and blamed himself for a while in his heart, but fortunately, the wound was not deep, so he immediately ordered someone to treat the bandaging for her.